The marrow of ecclesiastical history, divided into two parts: the first, containing the life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ; with the lives of the ancient fathers, school-men, first-reformers, and modern divines. The second, containing the lives of Christian emperors, kings and sovereign princes. Whereunto are added the lives of inferiour Christians, who have lived in these latter centuries. And lastly, are subjoyned the lives of many of those, who by their vertue and valor obtained the sir-name of Great. Divers of which, give much light to sundry places of Scripture; especially to the prophecies concerning the four monarchies. Together with the lively effigies of the most eminent of them cut in copper. The third edition, corrected and somwhat enlarged. By Samuel Clark, Pastor of St. Bennet Fink, London.

All titles

• The marrow of ecclesiastical history, divided into two parts: the first, containing the life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ; with the lives of the ancient fathers, school-men, first-reformers, and modern divines. The second, containing the lives of Christian emperors, kings and sovereign princes. Whereunto are added the lives of inferiour Christians, who have lived in these latter centuries. And lastly, are subjoyned the lives of many of those, who by their vertue and valor obtained the sir-name of Great. Divers of which, give much light to sundry places of Scripture; especially to the prophecies concerning the four monarchies. Together with the lively effigies of the most eminent of them cut in copper. The third edition, corrected and somwhat enlarged. By Samuel Clark, Pastor of St. Bennet Fink, London.
• Second part of the Marrow of ecclesiastical history Lives & deaths of most of those eminent persons who by their virtue and valour obtained the sirnames of Magni, or the Great Lives and deaths of most of those eminent persons who by their virtue and valour obtained the sirnames of Magni, or the Great

People / Organizations

• William. Birch. ("printed for")
• Samuel Clarke (Author)

Imprint

London: printed [by J.R.] for W[illiam]. B[irch]. and are to be sold by Tho. Sawbridge at the Three Flower-de-luces in Little-Britain, and by William Birch at the Peacock at the lower-end of Cheapside, 1675.

Publication year

1675-1675

ESTC No.

R12009

Grub Street ID

60226

Description

[26], 27, [1], 179, 200-504, [4]; [8], 80, 83-116, [4], 104, [4]; [4], 303, [1] p. : ill., ports. (metal cuts) ; 2⁰

Note

With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author (A1v), signed: John Dunstall sculpsit. J.C.A.M. fecit.

Title page in red and black.

Printer's initials from title page for part 3; publisher's name from Wing CD.

Includes indexes.

Uncontrolled note

FONOTE blg title reads: "... kings, and sovereign ... the prophesies ..."; imprint reads: "... Little-Britain, and ...". Folger copy, like the m'film copy, includes (after Part 2, Book 2): "The lives & deaths of most of those eminent persons who ... obtained the sirnames of Magni, or The Great ..." (1675), with t.p. and engr. frontis. Although given its own Wing entry (C4537) and record (R36025), that is part of the present work (see the main t.p.); pag. statement above omits this section. Pag.: [24], 27, [1], 179, 200-504, [12], 80, 83-104, [6], 303, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates. Consolidate with R36025? Add 500 note for "The Lives and Deaths ... the Great"?